Greater Phoenix Valley break rooms since 1989

Find the right fit for your break room.

Southwest Refreshments is a family operated company that has stocked Valley break rooms since 1989. Micro markets, vending and smart coolers, office coffee, fresh food, water and pantry service, all on one route. Tell us about your workplace and we will recommend the mix that fits.

Family operated since 1989Thirty-seven years serving break areas across the Greater Phoenix Valley, under the same family.
One vendor for the whole roomMarkets, vending, coolers, coffee, fresh food, water and pantry come from us, on the same route and one phone number.
A break room your HR team can useSubsidize the market, make selected items free, or load gift cards and market credit for your team.
Equipment that reports inKiosks, coolers and machines are online, sending sales and stock levels around the clock so shelves get filled before they empty.

What we install and service

Six services, one local company.

Start with one or build out the whole room. Open any card to see what it includes. If you are not sure which ones fit, tell us your headcount and your shifts and we will come look at the space.

Modern office micro market self-checkout

Micro markets

An open market in your break room. Open shelves and glass-door coolers, and a self-checkout kiosk where your team scans what they take.

Bank of four A & M vending machines under a striped awning: a Coca-Cola glass-front cooler, a glass-front snack machine, a cold drinks machine and a refrigerated fresh food carousel, with breakroom tables in front

Traditional vending and smart coolers

Snack, beverage and food machines stocked with national brands, plus secure coolers that unlock with a card and charge for what comes out.

An A & M office coffee station: a bean-to-cup brewer with a touchscreen, a second beverage dispenser, tiered condiment and tea organizers on the counter and stocked wooden shelves above

Office coffee and tea

Traditional brewers, single cup or bean-to-cup, plus everything that belongs on the counter beside them.

fresh food

Fresh food

Salads, sandwiches, wraps and breakfast burritos, made locally and delivered on refrigerated vehicles.

Bevi Water

Water

Filtered water plumbed into your line, with hot and cold on demand from the same unit. Nothing to lift and nothing to store.

Office pantry island with pull-out drawers of snacks beside coffee brewers and glass-door coolers

Pantry service

Snacks and drinks the company provides, free to your team at the point of use. We order it, stock it and invoice you for the product.

Built around your workplace

What changes for your kind of site.

The same services get put together differently depending on the building and the shift. Open the closest match.

Desk-bound teams use the room in two bursts, arrival and midday. Coffee equipment sized to the morning, a market or a pantry for the lunch hour, fresh food for the people who did not bring one, and filtered water on the counter. Add a subsidy or load market credit through HR if you want part of it to read as a benefit. Best fit for offices where most people are on site during the same hours.

L-Shaped Office Market with Self-Checkout

Where we serve

Across the Valley of the Sun.

We run our own routes across Maricopa County and beyond it, from Buckeye and the West Valley through Phoenix and Scottsdale out to the East Valley, and north up the I-17 corridor to Black Canyon City, about 50 miles north of downtown.

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Serving Phoenix and Scottsdale · North Valley and the I-17 corridor · East Valley · West Valley

Southwest Refreshments today

1989Serving Valley break rooms since
37Years in the Valley
6Services on one route
24/7Kiosk and machine monitoring

What we install

What it looks like in place.

Markets, machines, coolers, coffee and pantry setups in workplaces like yours.

Loading van

Who does the work

A local team, start to finish.

Every part of your program is handled by people who live and work in the Valley.

  • Family operated in the Greater Phoenix Valley since 1989.
  • Refrigerated delivery vehicles and routed deliveries, so what arrives is what you ordered.
  • We support Meals of Joy, RISE, Waste Not and Homeless Youth Connections.
  • Call 623.780.3036 and you reach the local office.

How it works

Four steps to get started.

From the first call to a break room your team actually uses.

  1. 1

    Tell us about the workplace

    Headcount, shifts, and which services you are considering. Two minutes on the form, or one call to the office.

  2. 2

    We come look at the space

    We measure the room, check power and the water line, and see where people go on break.

  3. 3

    You get a plan in writing

    The service mix we recommend, the equipment that fits the room, and the product list. On paper before you decide.

  4. 4

    We install and keep it stocked

    Installed and serviced on our route, then adjusted from what your team actually buys.

Employee checking out at a micro market self-checkout kiosk

For HR and people teams

Gift cards your team will actually use.

Loading credit onto the market is one of the easier things we do, and HR teams reach for it more than they expect. Recognition, safety milestones, holidays, or a hard week on the floor. You set the amount and the timing, and we handle the rest.

  • Gift cards and market credit in whatever amount you set.
  • Loaded to the micro market kiosk, so it spends like cash on site.
  • We work with your HR team on the program and the run dates.
Ask about a gift card program

Request a proposal

Tell us about your workplace.

Share your headcount and the services you are considering. Would rather talk now? Call 623.780.3036.

  • We set up a time to come see the space.
  • A local rep handles it from the first call.
  • Ask about subsidies, gift cards and market credit when we talk.

Submitting this form sends your request to this business. Marketing consent is optional.

Before you ask

Questions we get most

You do not need to know the exact equipment or service package before reaching out.

What is a subsidized micro market?

It is a market where you cover part of the price, so your team pays less for what they take. You can discount the whole market or run a hybrid where selected items are free to employees. Everything else works the same way: open shelves, coolers and a self-checkout kiosk. Tell us your headcount and how much of the price you want to carry, and we will build the program to it.

Can we use the break room as an employee benefit?

Yes, and it is one of the easier ones to run. Beyond a subsidy, we can provide gift cards and market credit your HR team loads for the team, which works for recognition, safety milestones, onboarding weeks and holiday promotions. Employees spend the credit at the kiosk like any other payment, and sales come back at the item level so you can see what the money went toward.

How is a micro market different from traditional vending?

A micro market is open shelving and glass-door coolers with a self-checkout kiosk, so it holds dozens of items a machine cannot, including fresh food. Your team can pick up more than one thing, read the label, and scan it all at once. Traditional vending still makes sense for tight rooms, off-shift coverage and satellite buildings. A smart cooler sits in between: one secure unit that opens with a card and charges for what comes out, for a lobby or an upper floor where a market will not fit.

What fresh food can we get?

Salads, sandwiches, burgers, wraps, soups, fruit, yogurt and breakfast burritos, made locally and delivered on refrigerated vehicles. It goes in a market, a smart cooler, or a food machine where neither will fit. We keep an eye on freshness dates and rotate on every route visit, and we can set up a food sampling so your team picks the lineup.

Is the market secure?

Inconspicuous video cameras monitor the micro market 24 hours a day and record a time-stamped feed. In our experience an open market in a workplace is used the way it is meant to be, and the record is there if a question ever comes up. Where you would rather have everything behind a door, a smart cooler locks and charges for what comes out.

How do people pay?

At a market kiosk: cash, credit or debit card, mobile device, or an individual market card. At a machine or a smart cooler: credit and debit cards plus Apple Pay and Google Wallet, so nobody needs change. Employer-funded credit and gift cards work the same way at the kiosk.

What coffee do you carry?

We are not tied to one brand, so the lineup gets built around what your team already drinks. Traditional drip brewers, single cup, bean-to-cup, and airpot or thermal setups. On the coffee itself we carry Gavina gourmet coffee along with Folgers, Maxwell House and the Bodecker single cup system, plus Bigelow and Lipton teas, hot cocoa and Coffee-mate creamers. If you want your team to choose, we will set up a coffee tasting.

How does the water service work?

Filtration, not bottles. We install a counter-top or floor-standing unit that attaches to your existing water line and gives you hot and cold on demand, with flavors and carbonation available on a Bevi system. Filtration takes out what affects taste and odor, which shows up in the coffee and tea made with it. There are no bottles to store, no empties to return and no delivery schedule to plan around. All the room needs is a line we can plumb into.

Do you have healthier options?

Yes. Micro markets, pantry and vending can all be stocked with products that meet nationally recognized standards for healthier choices, and we will label them clearly. If wellness is part of why you are doing this, say so early and we will build the product list around it.

What areas do you cover?

The Greater Phoenix Valley and the country north of it. Phoenix, Scottsdale and Paradise Valley, the East Valley through Tempe, Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert and Fountain Hills, and the West Valley through Glendale, Peoria, Sun City, Surprise, Avondale, Goodyear and Buckeye, plus Wickenburg to the northwest. To the north we run the Desert Foothills and the I-17 corridor through Cave Creek, Carefree, Anthem and New River up to Black Canyon City, about 50 miles north of downtown Phoenix. If you are not sure you are inside it, call 623.780.3036 and we will confirm your address.

How do we get started?

Call 623.780.3036 or send the form. We will set up a time to come see the space, talk through what your team eats and drinks, and put a recommendation in writing.

Prefer to talk now?

Talk to our team.

Call and describe your workplace. You will reach a person who can answer questions before you send anything over.

Prefer to just call?

623.780.3036Call the team